Samsung Electronics announced on the 31st that it recorded 67.78 trillion won in sales and 2.82 trillion won in operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year. On an annual basis in 2023, it recorded sales of 258.94 trillion won and operating profit of 6.57 trillion won.

The semiconductor (DS) sector's fourth quarter sales were KRW 21.69 trillion and operating loss was KRW 2.18 trillion. Among them, DRAM inventory levels improved significantly, achieving a DRAM surplus in the fourth quarter.

This is Samsung Electronics' DRAM surplus for the first time in four quarters since seeing a deficit in the first quarter of last year. Samsung Electronics explained, “With customer inventories normalizing, the amount of memory installed in PC and mobile products increased, and demand for generative AI servers increased, showing an overall recovery in demand.”

Samsung Electronics said, “Under the policySamsung Electronics said, “Under the policy of expanding sales of high value-added products, we have significantly expanded sales of advanced process products such as high bandwidth memory (HBM), DDR5, LPDDR5X, and UFS4.0. As a result, we have achieved a bit growth (bit unit) that exceeds the market. “We recorded a production increase rate converted to .” of expanding sales of high value-added products, we have significantly expanded sales of advanced process products such as high bandwidth memory (HBM), DDR5, LPDDR5X, and UFS4.0. As a result, we have achieved a bit growth (bit unit) that exceeds the market. “We recorded a production increase rate converted to .”